NOUN
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(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act
a long record of crimes
How To Use law-breaking In A Sentence
- A fine law-breaking politician deserves a hero's welcome. Rousing welcome home for Traficant
- He has been summoned to appear in court on charges of incitement to law-breaking.
- Brokaw's reference to "hot pursuit" is a term enshrined in the U. N.'s 1958 Convention on the High Seas that permits coast guards and navies to follow law-breaking ships into international waters. Jim Arkedis: Is India Allowed to Attack Pakistan?
- How long do we let these law-breaking criminals get away with it? Sanford on Wilson: 'It's time to move on'
- So, despite this week's raid, heists will always be rare, with most real criminals dealing in the nastier side of law-breaking: petty theft, often involving violence, and drugs.
- In a civil probe, the Justice Department can allege that the targets were negligent or made misleading claims, rather than having to convince a jury of deliberate law-breaking. U.S. Steps Up S&P Inquiry
- Again I should remind Harris that in America we don't let children decide the judicial fates of their law-breaking "doting" dads. Andy Ostroy: Why Robert Harris' NY Times Pro-Polanski Op-Ed Is an Offensive, Self-Serving Disgrace
- You surely can't expect the Church to condone law-breaking en masse! ABSOLUTE TRUTHS
- Brought up in an environment where casual violence (domestic and otherwise), swearing and law-breaking is just part of life? How Did It Come To This? « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
- Kleiman says that this would be a particularly effective way of controlling over-indulgence by teenagers (who, after all, barely have any money) and would allow us to get rid of the not-really-enforced minimum drinking age and eliminate the culture of fake IDs and casual law-breaking that it encourages. Matthew Yglesias » Higher Taxes on Alcohol